This blog is intended as an organized weekly plan of things to do with your young children. This is the plan we use, however due to life happening, we generally do not get through everything listed for the week. Some weeks when we have more time available than planned for, we pull things from previous weeks that we didn't get to or that we really enjoyed.

Please use these plans as a guide and not as a rigid to do list. If the weather is good, please go out and enjoy it and don't feel you need to do anything I suggested. Adapt the items as necessary to meet your families' needs.

Please use wisdom in doing these activities as I am not liable for anything that may happen to anyone in the performance or avoidance of doing these activities.

Saturday, November 16, 2013

November 17 - 23 -- Pilgrims and Native Americans

Song Suggestions  A Thanksgiving Song
Snack Suggestions  Cornbread with homemade butter (see Tuesday Activity), Popcorn, Cucumber canoes (hollow out canoe and fill with a yogurt and veggie based healthy dip.  See here at bottom for more details.)

Good Resource  Scholastic News gives a good, simple overview of Pilgrims and Indians.
Monday  Read the Scholastic News with the kids.  Build pilgrim houses.  Supplies: Craft sticks, glue (optional) and grass or green paper.
Tuesday  Make butter.  Play Hide and Seek.  Supplies:  Large carton of whipping cream, salt, food processor, calendula petals (optional).
Wednesday  Floating Mayflower boats.  Option 1 (Supplies: empty applesauce cup, brown paint, craft sticks, paper, scissors, glue, play dough) or Option 2 (Supplies: sponge, craft knife, craft stick, duct tape, marker (optional)).
Thursday  Pulling corn OFF the cob.  Supplies: Indian corn, tweezers (optional).  Save the cobs and husks.  Follow My Leader game.
Friday  Sunflower hangings and bird feeders.    Supplies (corn kernals, empty corn cobs, corn husks, peanut butter, birdseed, string).
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